Arca kicked off the year with a 62-minute-long single called “@@@@@,” and last month she announced a new album called KiCk i in an interview where she identified Björk and Rosalía as contributors and started talking up her new era. Today, we’re getting our first official taste of KiCk i with “Nonbinary,” a playful and […]
Braids – "Just Let Me"
Braids’ new album Shadow Offering was supposed to come out last week, but the band pushed its release date to mid-June. They were deep into the rollout when they did that, though, so we’ve heard a good chunk of tracks from it already, all of them really great — “Eclipse (Ashley),” “Young Buck,” and “Snow […]
Beyonce & Megan Thee Stallion Share "Savage" Remix: Listen
Last month, after getting into a public battle with her original record label, the ascendant Houston rap star Megan Thee Stallion released her album Suga. Within a couple of weeks of memes, “Savage” emerged as the big viral hit from the LP. Today, that song gets a royal visitation in the form of a remix […]
Oasis – "Don't Stop"
Noel Gallagher has released a lost Oasis song, a demo called “Don’t Stop…” “Like the rest of the world I’ve had infinite time to kill lately so I thought I’d FINALLY look and find out what was actually on the HUNDREDS of faceless unmarked cd’s I’ve got lying around in boxes at home,” he wrote […]
Bowerbirds – "Endless Chase" & "Hazel Eyes"
Phil Moore’s tasteful folk-rock under the Bowerbirds name makes perfect sense among current-day Raleigh-Durham peers like Hiss Golden Messenger and Daughter Of Swords, but Moore began the project in an era when the likes of Iron & Wine, M. Ward, and Phosphorescent reigned. He put the band on hold after 2012’s The Clearing, but he’s […]
Haram – “Fear Of The Arabic Langauge”
There are a lot of grimy and raw punk bands running around out there. New York’s Haram are one of the best out there. A lot of that is simply because they’re a great band. They play fast and ugly riff-scrape hardcore punk, and they have a charismatic frontman who isn’t afraid to peacock onstage. […]
Stream Pure X's First Album In 6 Years
Just two weeks ago, languidly druggy indie rock cult favorites Pure X announced their return with two excellent songs billed as advance singles from the Austin band’s first album in six years. They’re wasting no time putting it out. The self-titled follow-up to 2014’s masterful soft-focus psychedelic roots rock collection Angel officially drops this Friday, […]
Mindforce Release New EP 'Swingin Swords, Choppin Lords': Stream
The upstate New York band Mindforce have only been around for a few years, but they’ve already become a huge deal in the hardcore world, where their full-length 2018 debut Excalibur was greeted as an instant classic. Mindforce, who come from Poughkeepsie and the surrounding Hudson Valley area, have just about everything you could want […]
Haim – "I Know Alone"
Haim’s new album Women In Music Pt.III was supposed to be out last Friday, but like so many major 2020 releases, it’s been delayed due to coronavirus. Upon postponing the album, the band said they’d be releasing it “later this summer,” and as of today we know it’s actually dropping early in the season, on […]
Amber Mark – "1894"
Since beginning self-isolation, Amber Mark has started a new series she’s calling COVERED-19 in which she shares a new track that she recorded at home every couple of weeks. Despite the name, there’s only been one actual cover so far — an impressive one of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box.” Two weeks ago, she released a demo […]